Description: Chosen Peoples by Todd Gitlin, Liel Leibovitz Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Outlines a new approach to understanding the relationship between the United States and Israel, explaining that both nations embrace a philosophy that they were divinely chosen to influence the world for the better. Publisher Description Americans and Israelis have often thought that their nations were chosen, in perpetuity, to do Gods work. This belief in divine election is a potent, living force, one that has guided and shaped both peoples and nations throughout their history and continues to do so to this day. Through great adversity and despite serious challenges, Americans and Jews, leaders and followers, have repeatedly faced the world fortified by a sense that their nation has a providential destiny. As Todd Gitlin and Liel Leibovitz argue in this original and provocative book, what unites the two allies in a "special friendship" is less common strategic interests than this deep-seated and lasting theological belief that they were chosen by God. The United States and Israel each has understood itself as a nation placed on earth to deliver a singular message of enlightenment to a benighted world. Each has stumbled through history wrestling with this strange concept of chosenness, trying both to grasp the meaning of divine election and to bear the burden it placed them under. It was this idea that provided an indispensable justification when the Americans made a revolution against Britain, went to war with and expelled the Indians, expanded westward, built an overseas empire, and most recently waged war in Iraq. The equivalent idea gave rise to the Jewish people in the first place, sustained them in exodus and exile, and later animated the Zionist movement, inspiring the Israelis to vanquish their enemies and conquer the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Everywhere you look in American and Israeli history, the idea of chosenness is there. The Chosen Peoples delivers a bold new take on both nations histories. It shows how deeply the idea of chosenness has affected not only their enthusiasts but also their antagonists. It digs deeply beneath the superficialities of headlines, the details of negotiations, the excuses and justifications that keep cropping up for both nations successes and failures. It shows how deeply ingrained is the idea of a chosen people in both nations histories--and yet how complicated that idea really is. And it offers interpretations of chosenness that both nations dearly need in confronting their present-day quandaries. Weaving together history, theology, and politics, The Chosen Peoples vividly retells the dramatic story of two nations bound together by a wild and sacred idea, takes unorthodox perspectives on some of our times most searing conflicts, and offers an unexpected conclusion: only by taking the idea of chosenness seriously, wrestling with its meaning, and assuming its responsibilities can both nations thrive. Author Biography Todd Gitlin is the bestselling author of The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage and 11 other previous books. A prominent social commentator and media critic who is frequently interviewed in newspapers and magazines and on radio and TV, Gitlin is a professor of journalism at Columbia University. He lives in New York City. Liel Leibovitz is the author of Aliya: Three Generations of American-Jewish Immigration to Israel and co-author of Lili Marlene: The Soldiers Song of World War II. A native of Israel, he is an editor for Tablet (tabletmag.com), an on-line magazine of Jewish life, politics, and culture. Leibovitz lives in New York City. Details ISBN 1439132364 ISBN-13 9781439132364 Title Chosen Peoples Author Todd Gitlin, Liel Leibovitz Format Paperback Year 2013 Pages 272 Publisher Simon & Schuster GE_Item_ID:119864101; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. 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Book Title: Chosen Peoples : America, Israel, and the Ordeals of Divine Election
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication Year: 2013
Topic: Judaism / Rituals & Practice, International Relations / General, Middle East / General, United States / General, Jewish, Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism
Item Height: 0.8 in
Genre: Religion, Political Science, History
Item Weight: 12.3 Oz
Author: Liel Leibovitz, Todd Gitlin
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
